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“the purpose of opening legal mail in the inmate's presence is to protect his attorney/client privilege and to protect the confidentiality of other legal matters.”
30 citation events across 12 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Watson v. Cain (ilnd, 1993-05-04)
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Top citers, strongest first. 6 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited as authority (quoted) Watson v. Cain
N.D. Ill. · 1993 · signal: see also · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
the purpose of opening legal mail in the inmate's presence is to protect his attorney/client privilege and to protect the confidentiality of other legal matters.
cited Cited "see" Fournier v. State
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 1997 · signal: see · confidence high
See Trawick v. State, 473 So.2d 1235, 1238 (Fla.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1143 , 106 S.Ct. 2254 , 90 L.Ed.2d 699 (1986).
cited Cited "see" Crawford v. State
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 1989 · signal: see · confidence high
See Trawick v. State, 473 So.2d 1235 (Fla.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1143 , 106 S.Ct. 2254 , 90 L.Ed.2d 699 (1986); Brehm v. State, 495 So.2d 253 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986).
cited Cited "see" Knop v. Johnson
W.D. Mich. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Harrod v. Halford, 773 F.2d 234 (8th Cir.1985), ce rt. denied, — U.S. -, 106 S.Ct. 2254 , 90 L.Ed.2d 699 (1986).
discussed Cited "see" George Parrish and Charles Giles v. Perry Johnson, Charles Anderson, K.L. Cole, and Clarence Turner
6th Cir. · 1986 · signal: see · confidence high
Yet, a prison official’s discretion is not unlimited in this regard and several courts have held that mail relating to a prisoner’s legal matters may not be read and may only be opened in the prisoner’s presence, Taylor v. Sterrett, 532 F.2d 462, 477 (5th Cir.1976), Bach v. Illinois, 504 F.2d 1100, 1102 (7th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 418 U.S. 910 , 94 S.Ct. 3202 , 41 L.Ed.2d 1156 (1974); Smith v. Robbins, 454 F.2d 696 (1st Cir.1972); see Harrod v. Halford, 773 F.2d 234 , 236 n. 1 (8th Cir.1985) (per curiam), cert. denied — U.S. -, 106 S.Ct. 2254 , 90 L.Ed.2d 699 (1986); but see…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Lopez v. State
Fla. · 1988 · signal: compare · confidence low
Compare Trawick v. State, 473 So.2d 1235, 1238 (Fla. 1985) ("Appellant's despondency and his ambivalence about his plea did not constitute reasonable grounds to believe he might be incompetent."), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1143 , 106 S.Ct. 2254 , 90 L.Ed.2d 699 (1986).
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Gibson
v.
Scroggy, Warden
No. 85-6712.
Supreme Court of the United States.
May 27, 1986.
476 U.S. 1144
Published
1 passage pin-cited by 1 case
Pinpoint authority: bottom 66%
Citer courts: N.D. Illinois (1)

C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.